October 17, 2014 – 8:15 am
Absolutely no need to panic, you guys! (ABC News) A Dallas health care worker who handled clinical specimens from an Ebola-infected patient is on a cruise ship in the Caribbean, with the worker self-quarantined and being monitored for signs of infection, the State Department said in a statement. The unidentified female worker departed on a […]
October 16, 2014 – 7:22 am
Making the rounds of the news and Internet are stories about Ebola possibly becoming airborne, which would create a nightmare scenario of epic proportions. Ebola has always been a direct fluid/blood transmission disease. If it could be transmitted through the air, well, for a disease with at least a 70% death rate….well, you can imagine. […]
October 16, 2014 – 6:46 am
Well, this is a new one (Fox News) The world’s “going to hell in a handbasket,†according to a majority of voters in the latest Fox News poll. And that’s draining support for President Obama’s policies. But will it help Republicans on Election Day? Unclear. The new poll, released Wednesday, finds 58 percent of voters […]
October 15, 2014 – 8:13 am
This editorial by the Washington Post Editorial Board is a doozy, essential telling people to not be hysterical, to not worry, to stop being so panic-stricken. The web front page headlines it as “Keeping calm on Ebola” Keeping an even keel at home on Ebola THE EBOLA tidal wave is still flooding West Africa, running […]
October 14, 2014 – 9:10 am
Since the outbreak of Ebola in Africa, the worst ever, really started to hit the media airwaves, and especially since several Americans infected with Ebola, there has been a call for travel restrictions. Team Obama has refused, even as both Republicans and Democrats have called for them. Many pundits, public figures, and administration officials have […]
October 13, 2014 – 2:58 pm
An interesting proposition at the New Republic This August, Columbia University released a new policy for handling “gender-based†misconduct among students. Since April, universities around the country have been rewriting their guidelines after a White House task force urged them to do more to fight sexual assault. I was curious to know what a lawyer […]
October 13, 2014 – 6:56 am
Priorities (UK Daily Mail) While officials in Dallas scrambled to calm public hysteria over news of the first Ebola transmission on U.S. soil, Barack Obama hit the links for his 200th golf game as president. The president embarked on his leisurely outing to Virginia after taking a a few moments to speak with Health and Human […]
October 7, 2014 – 8:19 am
It’s no wonder when the Editorial Board is comprised heavily of White People and Men Stopping Ebola in America The widening Ebola epidemic in West Africa — combined with the fears generated by an Ebola patient who carried the virus to Dallas — have led to calls for the United States to screen travelers when […]
October 4, 2014 – 6:39 am
Liberals should be very careful in opening this door, because it could easily be applied to gun permits (Buzzfeed) Missouri must recognize the marriages of same-sex couples that were granted elsewhere, state Judge Dale Youngs ruled on Friday. “[T]o the extent these laws prohibit plaintiffs’ legally contracted marriages from other states from being recognized here, […]
September 20, 2014 – 6:50 am
On Friday, Obama, the White House, and Democrats launched their #ItsOnUS anti-sexual assault program, calling on citizens to Do Something (and acting like there are no laws about this on the books) (White House) Today at the White House, President Obama joined Vice President Biden and Americans across the country to launch the “It’s On […]
